Harvester attachment for traction-engines.



- J. M. WILL.I I HARVESTER ATTACHMENT POB TRAGTION ENGINES. APPLICATION FILED APB. 3, 1908.

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Patented Mar. 2, 1909.Y`

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, J. M. WILL. N HARVESTER ATTACHMENT FOR TRAGTION ENGINES.

APPLIQ'TION FILED APB. 3, 1908.

914,097'.Y N Patented Mar.2,1909

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor:

Jl M. WILL. HARVESTER ATTACHMENT FOB. TRACTION ENGINES.'

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1908 atenfed Mar. 2, 1909.v

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J Cona/frm.' hat To @ZZ wmm l, known o which ugh 1s p goma l i 1 c consists HTH] xhc dicated by the numeral 28; and this shaft carries a ily-wheel or pulley 2S) and a sprocket 30. A long' sprocket chain 31 runs over the s rocket 3() and over a sprocket 32 of a 5 s aft 33, which shaft is journaled in suitable bearings on the vertical portions of the vlevers 12. At its right hand end the shaft 33 carries a sprocket 34 and at the left of the sprocket 32 it is provided with a sprocket 35. A sprocket chain 36 runs over the sprocket 34 and over a sprocket 37 carried by a short counter-shaft 33 journaled in suitable bearings on the platform frame 20. The counter shaft 3S is connected, by niiter gears 3), to a sickle driving?r shaft 40 mounted in suitable bearings on the platform frame 2l). At its forwardly projecting` end the shaft 4() is provided with a crank disk 41 to the crank pin of which a sickle driving pitnian 42 is connected in the customary way. The binder (not shown.) may also be driven from the shaft 40 by the usual orany suitable means. Inverted U-shaped frames 43 are secured tothe front and rear portions of the platform frame 20. One of these frames 43 is located at the left hand end of the binder platform and the other is located a distance considerably inward from the right hand end thereof. The horizontal upper portions of these frames 43 are slotted to form guides for slidablc bearings 44. These bearing-s 44 are provided with outwardly projectingr trunnions 45 upon which are intermediately pivoted reel suiniortingl levers 46. The rearwardly extended ends of these levers 46 are actuated by cams in the form of curved arms 47 that are rigidly secured to the opposite ends of a long` rock shaft 48 mounted in suitable bearings on the rear vertical portions of the two frames 43. At its right hand end the rock shaft 4S is provided with a depending arm 49 that is connected, by a lonar rod 50, to a latch lever 51 that coperatcswirh the notched latch segment rig-idly secured to the rear end portion of thr boiler.

Mounted in suitable bearings on the forwardly projectingr ends of the leverslo is a reel shaft 53 that carries a reel 54. At its right hand end the shaft 43 is provided with a sprocket 55. On the right hand trunnion 45 is loosely jouriialed a pair of rigidly con nected sprockets 56 and 57. A sprocket chain 53 runs over the sprockets 55 and 56. A short shaft 5l) is journaled in suitable ybearings on the rear portion of the right hand of inner frame 43; and, at one end, is provided with a s )rocket 60, and at its other endgvith a sproc et 61. A sprocket chain (32 runs over the sprocket 6() and over the sprocket 35 of the shaft 33.

Adjacent to the right hand reel supporting lever 46 is' a toggle 63, the forwardly ex-I tendedrlink of which -is pivotally connected to the right hand trunnion 4 5, and thearear- Wardly extended link of which is pivoted on the short shaft 59 just above noted. La cated ai the intermediate joint of the toggle 63 and rigidly secured to one of the links thereof is va trunnion 64,011 which is loosely journaled a pair of rigidly connected sprockets (i5 and 66. A sprocket chain 67 runs over the sprockets G1 and 65 and a sprocket chain 68 runs over the sprockets 66 and 57. Means has now been described whereby motion will be transmitted from the engine crank shaft 28 to the sickle and the reel of the har vester.

The forwardly extended end of a long' rod G9 is pivotally connected to the end of the' stud`64. At its rear end this rod GQ is pivotally connected to a latch lever 7U that corerates with a notched latch segment 71 rig idly secured to the rear end of the boiler 1.

As already indicated, the harvester attachment may be vertically adjusted an entirety by vertical adjustments of the eye bolts 17, by means of which the supporting levers 12 may be set in different adjustments.

By manipulation of the lever 25 the harvester platform may be oscillated on the tersion rod 15 so to raise and lower the sickley not shown, but which, as already stated, may be applied in the usual way to the front edge of the binder platform. By movements of the lever 51 the cani arnis 47 may be moved and caused to act upon the rear ends of the reel supporting levers 46 so as to raise or lower the reel, as may be desired. By movements of the lever 7() the toggle 63 may be straightened out or folded to any desired angle, so as to move the reel in a forwardly or rearwardly direction, as may be desired to position the saine for the most efficient delivery of the standing: grain to the sickle. ln practice it may be found desirable to apply a toggle such as above described at eachV end et' the reel instead ot one end only, as shown in the drawings. This duplex arrangement would 4insure the positive slid-.ing movements of both of the bearings 44 on the solid horizontal portions of the frames 43. 'The reel drive shown, as is ev. lent, remains operative throughout all of the adjustments of the reel and in no way interferes with the reel adjustments.

"ihe harvester platform should, of course, beso supported freni the traction engine that the bound bundles discharged from, the harvester will be delivered entirely at one side of the traction engineiwhere they will not be run over by the wheels thereof. A harvcsti-r attached to a traction engine and driven therefrom in the `general manner above described, may have a very long platform and cutting mechanism adapted to cut a very wide swath.

Whenit is desirable to use the traction engine for other purposes than that of carrying the harvester, the ha rvesting attachment may be very quickly and easily detached eil-aos? from the engine and, when desired, may be again very quickly and easily applied to the engine.

What I claim is:

l. The combination with a traction engine, of laterally spaced platform supports secured to and projecting forward of the boiler of said engine, a harvester carried by said platforni supports in front of said traction engine and comprising an approximately horizontal platform and a reel adjustably mounted thereon, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a traction engine and laterally spaced platform supports secured to and projecting forward of the boiler thereof, of a harvester comprising an a proximately horizontal platform pivotall)7 mounted on the forward end portions of said platform sup' orts, means for setting and securing` said p atform in different angular adjustments, and a reel adjustably mounted on said platform, substantiallj as described.

3. The combination with a traction engine and laterally spaced platform supports secured to and projecting forward of the boiler thereof, of a harvester comprising a platform pivotally mounted on the forward end poi'- tions of said platform supports, and-means for setting said platfornrin different angular adjustments, comprising a cooperating latch lever' and segment on the rear end portion of the engine boiler, and a connection between said latch lever and the sai(A platform, ine cluding a bell cranlr, substantially as described.

4. The combinationwith a traction ene gine, of a pair of clamping bands detachably secured to the forward end portion of the boiler, a pair of laterally spaced platform supporting levers intermediately pivoted to one of the said clamping bands and adj ustably connected to the other, and a harvester having its platform mounted on the forwardly extended end portions of said levers, substan tially as described.

5. rThe combination with a traction engine, of a pair of clamping bands detachably applied to the forward end ortion of the boiler thereof, the said clamping bands having outwardly extended arms, a air of downwardly and forwardly exten ed platform supporting levers intermediately pivoted on the arms of the `forward clamping band, vertically adjustable bolts connecting the rear ends ofsaid levers to the arms of the reary clamping band, and a harvester having its platform adjustably supported by the forwardly projecting ends of said levers, substantially as described. A

6. The combination with a traction engine and forwardly projecting platform suppoits applied to the boiler thereof, of a har- `platform, bearings mounted to s ide on said reel supporting frames, reel supporting levers intermediately pivoted to said sliding bearings, a reel carried by the forwardly projected ends of said reel supporting levers, cam devices simultaneously operative on therearwardly extended ends of said reel supporting levers, and a cam operating connection extending to the rear of the traction engine,-

wliereby the reel may be vertically adjusted,

substantially as described.

7. The combination with a traction engine, of laterally spaced platform supports secured to and projecting forward from the boiler of said engine, and a harvester comprising a platform carried by the forwardly extended ends of said platform supports, laterally spaced reel supporting frames applied to said platform, reel supporting bearings mounted to slide on said reel supporting frames, reel supporting levers intermediately pivoted oir said sliding bearings, a reel carried by the forwardly projected ends of said reel supportin levers, cams simultaneously o erative on t ie rearwardly extended ends o said reel supportin levers, a cam actuating connection exten ing to the rear end of the boiler for imparting vertical adjustments to said reel, a to gle connecting said sliding bearings to one o the reel supporting frames, a toggle adjusting connection extending to the rear of the traction engine, whereby the reel may be adjusted horizontally, and a reel drive involvin sprockets and chains, certain of which s roc ets are carried by said toggle, substantia ly as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

y Josu' M. wint.

Witnesses Renner WnssEL, F. J. GRAHAM.

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